Archiv vom November 2015

Once again it has taken me ages, but I’m still continuing with my Futurama review series as good as I can. Today it’s Futurama Season Threeon the menu, when the series had reached its perfection that would last a long time. The first two seasons were great, this is when Futurama became amazing with only a few episodes showing some weaknesses. It was also the season in which the big mythology of the series slowly started to emerge, making Futurama much more than just a collection of unconnected stories. Even today, those earlier episodes are surprisingly good considering they are now about fifteen years old. The DVDs are a bit limited in terms of image quality due to the production circumstances, but the commentary tracks on every episodes make them an invaluable collection you won’t get on today’s streaming services.

Two years ago, I put together a review series for the 30th anniversary of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, but I never quite finished it. Although I had covered all of the animated series and the television movies, I never got around to write about the Discworld Adventure Games, which are a part of this unique universe too. It was the first game released in 1995 and simply called Discworld that brought me to Pratchett’s books in the first place, so maybe I have a bit of a soft spot for it, but it is still one of the best adventures of its time. While it has its flaws, the hand-drawn graphics and the brilliant voice acting with none other than Eric Idle in the lead role make this practically another Discworld animated movie. Head over to my other blog to read the complete game review – the first one I’ve written for a long time!